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Novak Djokovic will return to action tomorrow – where he plays 22-year-old American qualifier Zachary Svadja – and the 38-year-old will hope for a more comfortable match than his opening win over Learner Tien.

Djokovic struggled with the long rallies and admitted afterwards that he was concerned by how he was feeling physically.

“I started great,” said the seventh seed. “Just over 20 minutes, first set, I felt really good. Then some long games to start the second set, and then I started to feel really (bad) – I don’t know why. I really was surprised how bad I was feeling in the second physically.

“We had long exchanges, but also I dropped my level and made a lot of unforced errors and got him back into the match. I’m glad that I kind of reset myself after second set. And the third set was OK to finish up the match.

“Good thing, two days off now. But it’s slightly a concern. I don’t have any injury or anything. I just struggled a lot to stay in long exchanges and recover after points.”

In his press conference, Alcaraz revealed the real reason behind the cut, saying: “I felt like my hair was really long already, and before the tournament I just really wanted to get a haircut.

“My brother, he misunderstood with the machine. He just cut it. Then the only way to fix it is just shave it off. It’s not that bad, I guess.”

Carlos Alcaraz’s haircut rather than his tennis was the talk of the US Open as the second seed eased into round two in New York.

Alcaraz’s friend and rival Frances Tiafoe did not approve, though, with the American seen behind the scenes appraising the lack of locks.

“It’s definitely terrible,” said Tiafoe. “He’s my guy though. It’s funny, I looked at him and I was like, ‘I guess you’re aerodynamic’. I don’t know who told him that it’s good. I don’t know who told him to do that, but it’s terrible.”

Beatriz Haddad Maia [18] vs Sonay Kartal

Caroline Dolehide vs Xinya Wang

Lorenzo Sonego vs Tristan Schoolkate

Roberto Bautista Agut vs Jacob Fearnley

Márton Fucsovics vs Denis Shapovalov [27]

Danielle Collins vs Jaqueline Cristian

Billy Harris vs Félix Auger-Aliassime [25]

Hailey Baptiste vs Katerina Siniaková

Leandro Riedi vs Pedro Marinez

Francesca Jones vs Eva Lys

Sorana Cirstea vs Solana Sierra

Katie Boulter vs Marta Kostyuk [27]

Alexander Bublik [23] vs Marin Cilic

Ashlyn Krueger vs Sofia Kenin [26]

Christopher O’Connell vs Alex de Minaur [8]

[10] Lorenzo Musetti vs Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

[8] Amanda Anisimova vs Kimberly Birrell

Naomi Osaka vs Greet Minnen

[14] Tommy Paul vs Elmer Moller

[2] Iga Swiatek vs Emiliana Arango

[1] Jannik Sinner vs Vit Kopriva

[3] Coco Gauff vs Ajla Tomljanovic

[3] Alexander Zverev vs Alejandro Tabilo

There are two Wimbledon champions and five British players in action of day three of the US Open as the opening round continues.

Katie Boulter takes on Marta Kostyuk and Sonay Kartal faces a tough test of her own against Beatriz Haddad Maia, while qualifier Fran Jones meets Eva Lys.

On the men’s side, Jacob Fearnley is drawn against experienced Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut and Billy Harris plays 22nd seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek begins their campaigns after winning Wimbledon last month, while Coco Gauff begins her US Open against Ajla Tomljanovic.